The chairman of the Igorre rugby team has been arrested in connection with the unpaid Christmas lottery
One of the award-winning lottery tickets sold in Igorre.
The president of the Igorre (Bizkaia) rugby team was arrested this Friday in connection with the unpaid Christmas lotterycharges, according to EITB.
The Ertzaintza has received more than a hundred complaints so far, Arratiko Zekorrakfor non-payment of the Rugby Team's Christmas lottery.
The group has admitted that it sold too many shares of 90,693 "by mistake", 225 more than it should have, a number to which the 3rd Christmas Lottery prize corresponded, and now the club does not have enough money to paythe 2.2 million that the winners who have not received the prize claim.
However, according to the count of those affected, there are 286 uncollected tickets, which would mean a debt of almost EUR 2.8 million for the rugby team.
According to the club's management, they realized the mistake when they ran out of money to pay.
They say they sold 1,425 shares instead of 1,200. They sold 5 euro tickets, and the buyers played 4 euros per ticket at the Christmas lottery and donated 1 to the club.
All allegations are being investigated in the same report for an alleged fraud offence, sources from the Department of Safety and Security have reported.
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